Dow Travers

{{Short description|Caymanian alpine skier}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|8}}

| birth_place = Grand Cayman

| height = {{convert|180|cm}}

| weight = {{convert|86|kg}}

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| sport = Alpine skiing

| country = Cayman Islands

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Dow Travers (born July 8, 1987){{cite web|url=http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20100204/Caribbean-Snow-Dow-Travers-Winter-Olympic-dream-is-a-first-for-the-Cayman-Islands |title=Caribbean Snow: Dow Travers Winter Olympic dream is a first for the Cayman Islands |publisher=Theskichannel.com |date=2010-02-04 |accessdate=2011-10-31}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=139314&type=result |title=biographie |publisher=FIS-Ski |date= |accessdate=2011-10-31 |archive-date=22 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422033916/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=AL&competitorid=139314&type=result |url-status=dead }} is a Caymanian alpine skier, rugby union player and entrepreneur, who competes in giant slalom and Rugby XVs and 7s. He represented the Cayman Islands in alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the Cayman Islands' first Winter Olympian,{{cite web|author=Your name:   Bobo |url=http://www.plumtv.com/videos/dow-travers-first-cayman-islands-winter-olympian/index.html |title=Plum TV Interview with Dow Travers, First Caymen Islands Winter Olympian – — Plum TV |publisher=Plumtv.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-31}}{{cite web |url=http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10384874 |title=Cayman Islands – Cay Compass News Online – Travers is snow joke |publisher=Caycompass.com |date=2009-08-23 |accessdate=2011-10-31 |archive-date=19 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219055203/http://www.caycompass.com/cgi-bin/CFPnews.cgi?ID=10384874 |url-status=dead }} and the 2014 Winter Olympics. Travers, who is the son of Anthony Travers,{{cite web|url=http://www.caymannewsservice.com/sports/2010/02/13/dow-makes-history-cayman-canada |title=Cayman Islands News |publisher=Caymannewsservice.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-31}} was born and raised in Grand Cayman,{{cite web|url=http://c.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=10037/index.html |title=Dow Travers – Video, News, Photos | NBC Olympics |publisher=C.nbcolympics.com |date=1987-07-08 |accessdate=2011-10-31}} where he attended Faulkner's Academy. He later went to boarding school at Harrow School in London, United Kingdom, Brown University which he represented for rugby and skiing, and Columbia Business School. Travers has younger brothers, Dillon and Dean. Dean is also a competitive skier for the Cayman Islands. He founded Refuel in the Cayman Islands in 2017.{{Cite web |last=Silva |first=Ken |date=2019-03-07 |title=Second Refuel gas station planned |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2019/03/07/second-refuel-gas-station-planned/ |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=Cayman Compass |language=en-GB}}

In skiing, Dow has competed in the Winter Olympics and the World Championships for the Cayman Islands. At the Vancouver Olympics Dow placed 69th in the giant slalom.{{cite web|last=Todd |first=Aaron |url=http://today.brown.edu/articles/2010/02/travers |title=From white beaches to snowy slopes | Today at Brown |publisher=Today.brown.edu |date=2010-02-11 |accessdate=2011-10-31}} At the Sochi Olympics Dow received a DNF (did not finish) result in the giant slalom and the slalom. Dow placed 65th in the slalom event at the Val d'Isere World Championships.

In rugby, Dow has played for the Cayman Islands national rugby union team and currently plays on their 7s team in the North America Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) region. Dow was a member of the Cayman Islands 7s team at the Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC Games) in July 2010. Playing for Brown he has been selected for the All Ivy Rugby Team his freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years.{{cite web |last=Sekula |first=Sarah |url=http://www.caymanairwaysmagazine.com/current/article.htm?id=82 |title=Dow Travers: His road to success is downhill – Story on |publisher=Caymanairwaysmagazine.com |accessdate=2011-10-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722082506/http://www.caymanairwaysmagazine.com/current/article.htm?id=82 |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ivyrugby.com/news/2011-mens-all-ivy-rugby-conference|title=2011 Men's All|date=25 May 2012}} In 2010 he was elected co-captain of the Brown Rugby Football Club.{{cite web|url=http://brown.edu/Athletics/Brown_Men_Rugby/club/officers.php |title=Officers of Brown University Rugby Club – Providence, Rhode Island – Brown Rugby Football |publisher=Brown.edu |date= |accessdate=2011-10-31}} In 2011 he was selected for the New England All Stars team and Captained the Brown 7s team to an Ivy League Championship.